When the world feels like it is coming apart, we look to art as witness, joy as resistance, and cinema as a way home to each other.
Land of Canaan will be showing at the Phoenix Cinema, Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall on Thursday 24 September at 7.30pm.
To book tickets click on this link: Land of Canaan.
This free event is part of the Highlands & Islands Climate Festival, in partnership with Amnesty International, Orkney Friends of Palestine, Orkney Fair Trade Group and Unison Orkney Local Services.
Land of Canaan is a rare and intimate portrait of Palestinian farmers and their ancient olive trees – some more than 1,000 years old – as living symbols of heritage, livelihood, and resilience.
Through the journey of a Palestinian-American anthropologist, entrepreneur, and son of a watermelon farmer who returns to the occupied West Bank as the olive harvest faces unprecedented challenges, the film follows a movement of small-scale farmers preserving thousands of years of ecological knowledge through fair trade, regenerative agriculture, and community cooperation.
There will be displays of Fair Trade produce and information outside the cinema, and an opportunity to donate to these organisations.
Documenting agricultural and permaculture practices shaped over generations, Land of Canaan showcases farming as both cultural preservation and a vision for the future.
It shows how food sovereignty, environmental stewardship, and economic resilience are deeply intertwined. At a time when Palestinian land, ecosystems, and livelihoods face ongoing persecution, the film illuminates what is at stake – and why protecting these traditions and communities matters far beyond Palestine.
This screening is FREE but tickets should be booked in advance to secure your seat. To support the film’s impact campaign, help get these farmer’s stories to audiences around the world + plant a tree in Palestine you can donate here.
“The Trees for Life Program is about more than planting trees; it’s about planting hope. Each seedling carries the dignity, heritage, and resilience of generations.” — Dr. Nasser Abufarha
Click on this link to find out more about the film : Land of Canaan
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